Top 20 Songs of the Year 2025
Let’s face it choosing just 20 songs to sum up our year of music listening is pretty ridiculous, not only in the context of EVERYTHING that was released but also in relation to the...
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Top 20 Albums of the Year 2025
This year’s album list (unranked) isn’t about one dominant style or one “scene.” It’s an array of contrasts, often between despair and hope, or the sacred and the profane. As much as they’re an...
Bug Teeth’s “Micrographia” finds cosmic resonance in quiet moments
Bug Teeth’s debut full-length arrives softly, building and scrutinising loss down to its fine veins, even as it gazes upward to the skies. With a title drawn from Robert Hooke’s 17th-century scientific text magnifying...
TTSSFU’s “Upstairs” radiates with a fragile power
TTSSFU are favourites here at FUF and they have returned with “Upstairs,” a new track that hits like the moment at a party when the music fades and reality slides into the bathroom mirror....
Alphabet blur the line between chaos and clarity on “Motion Sickness”
London quartet alphabet come crashing back with “Motion Sickness,” a song that hits like a burst of icy colour before melting into something raw and human. The band – Lena, Tom, Milo and George – have built a reputation for balancing ferocious...
Nothing return with ”A short history of decay” on 27 Feb 2026
Philly’s noise sculptors Nothing are all set to charge back into the spotlight with A short history of decay, their first album in more than five years and their boldest statement to date. The record lands 27...
Austra turns heartbreak into ferocity on “Chin Up Buttercup“
Calling Chin Up Buttercup a breakup album may be factually accurate but it’s woefully inadequate when describing the music aimed at reconstructing life after turbulent relationship heartache and loss. The experiences used to flesh out each...
Worm School climb high with a dream-soaked debut in “Jacob’s Ladder”
Manchester’s Worm School make their recorded debut with “Jacob’s Ladder”, a slow-burning cut that feels both intimate and infinite. Released through Brighton label Crafting Room Recordings which is putting out quite a roster of talent...
L’orne drift into beautiful madness on “Talk To Me Too”
Hailing from the fog-laced docks of Rotterdam, L’orne have never been ones for half measures. Their latest song, “Talk To Me Too” (out now), plunges headfirst into the anxious static of human connection and it’s a...
Nightbus travel a dark route on “Passenger”
Debut albums introduce a band and they can be tricky beasts. The sound, attitude and mood all tie in to create an image but there can be an urge to throw the kitchen sink...
